Highlighting my eyes
by jose3032

Comment:
You are off to a good start. A few ideas for you to consider. Reflect some light into shadow under chin. Shoot at several exposures especially when you have something as reflective as the highlighter. Move the backdrop further back and iron it. She really is a great model. A 7.

Christmas Spirit
by riotspyne

Comment:
Elegant portrait. You really captured all the nuances of tone and texture. That is a very nice backdrop as well. I would have liked to see the left ear tucked up inside the hat rather then bent over. A 9.

Golden Reflections
by Albireo

Comment:
Perfect. I need to build a tabletop studio. I love the sparle on the left handle and the beautiful shadow. Congratulations. I hope you win. A 10.

Roll the yellow
by siquis

Comment:
Half the fun here is trying to read the numbers in the reflection and align them with the sides of the die. I would vote for a more highly reflective surface. Well posed die and excellent lighting. The hot spot on the near corner might have been reduced in size by repositioning the light or the die, but I truly did not notice it until after looking at the reflection. Nice job. A 9.

Splish Splash
by Jacko

Comment:
The green created as the yellow ducky hits the blue water is great. I wish Ii could give you a twenty. Ten for not overexposing the rubber ducky and ten for a splash shot that is perfectly timed. A 10 however.

Pucker Up!
by markmulkerin

Comment:
This appears a tinge overexposed. Lovely idea though. I especially like the composition with center in the lower left corner and the seed and rind in view. Thanks for the title, it did not take long to orient myself to the subject. A 9.

Original Idea ;)
by dogz

Comment:
It is really difficult to retain definition in highly glossy petals. I have a number of bright red flowers which seem nearly impossible to photograph in natural light so that I retain definition. Here though, you have brought forth highly saturated red, yellow, and blue in a very nice composition which relies to some degree on bright lighting. The question is can this be achieved under diffuse lighting? I really like the blue and yellow. A 9.

Splish Splash Splosh
by L1

Comment:
I read about desaturating by color and all makes sense now. I think I was quite harsh in rating this picture. It does not make a lot of sense as it is not raining, but I should be rating photography and processing. From that point of view, I would suggest less sharpening. The effect of this shows up on left sides of shirt. . I am raising my rating to a 6.

Utterly Butterly
by chloe1

Comment:
Yum. I wondered when I would get to a picture of butter. The light spot on the top right really helps brighten this picture up A 7, mainly I think the lighting and composition could be improved. The lighting with more diffused light, and the composition by eliminating black object on left and rearranging the biscuits. I like the crumbs though.

I really don't like yellow
by scottoertel

Comment:
Point taken by yellow cup. An 8. I love the colors and composition. The shadow across the handle is a little harsh even though yellow cups probably deserve such treatment.